Lake District resident and mountain professional, Kingsley Jones, reflects on the past year and what the future holds for the National Park
Editor’s Blog: Welcome to issue 103…
T&M Editor Chris Kempster welcomes readers to issue 103, Mar/Apr 2021…
Editor’s Blog: Welcome to Issue 102…
T&M Editor Chris Kempster welcomes readers to issue 102, Jan/Feb 2021…
Kingsley Jones: Alpine Diary, part 8 – Chamonix: White Phoenix
After labelling 2018 as a black year for Chamonix in my previous blog post, there was a collective sense of nerves as the winter season approached…
Kingsley Jones: Alpine Diary, part 7 – Land of Rock and Fire
You’d be excused for thinking this was a blog about Iceland, with a title of ‘Land of Rock and Fire’, but no, it’s a Chamonix and alpine conditions update!
Kingsley Jones: Alpine Diary, part 6 – Summits, Snow and Sunburn
As a Canadian mountain guide pithily said after his stint of work in Chamonix, “I leave for Canada tomorrow, with my crampon points rounded, and my elbows sharpened”. His words were said in jest, sort of, but there’s quite an element of truth to them…
Andy Kirkpatrick: ‘Big E (go)’
The other day a friend emailed me some questions aimed to help people wanting to head off on their own adventures, covering the often overlooked financial side of things as well how you find the gumption to go on one in the first place.